Window and fixture therefor



No. 6|6,9l6. Patented Jan. 3, I899.

J. H. GIESEY. WINDOW AND FIXTURES THEREFOR.

(Application filed Apr. 1, 1898.)

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J. H. GIESEY.

WINDOW AND FIXTURES THEREFOR.

' (Application filed Apr. 1, 1898.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. GIESEY, OF HIGHLAND CITY, OHIO.

WINDOW AND FIXTURE THEREFOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Nb. 616,916, dated January3, 1899.

' Application filed April 1, 1898. SerialNo. 676,052. on model.)

To a. whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES H. GIEsEY,a citizen of the United States,residing at Highland City, in the county of Jefferson and State of Ohio,have invented or discovered certain new and useful Improvements inIVindows and Fixtures Therefor,of which improvements the following is aspecification.

The difficulty of forming a tight joint between the upper edge of thesash and the window-frame in that class or kind of windows which swingon vertical pivots is a serious objection to their use. The joint at thelower edge of the sash is made tight by lowering the sash below a stripon the window-frame and at its side edges by suitable strips-againstwhich the sash will bear when closed. While a follower resting on thetop edge of the sash will form a comparatively effective joint when new,its use is objectionable, as it becomes rubbed and disfigured.

The object of the present invention is to provide followers havingstrips which will overlap the top rail of the sash when closed, but ismovable by the sash when raised, so as' to be shifted out of the line ofmovement of the sash when being swung open.

The invention is hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification,Figure 1 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, of aswinging-sash window having my improvements applied thereto. Figs. 2 and3 are sectional views, the planes of section being in dicated,respectively, by the lines II II and- III III, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is adetail view of a construction whereby the follower is pulled down by thesash. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are views similar to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 andillustrate a modified construction, the planes of section of Figs. 5 and6 being indicated, respectively, by the lines V V and VI VI, Fig. I.

In the practice of my invention the sash 1 is made shorter than theopening formed by the window-frame by an amount not less than themovement required in the sash to clear the strip 2, secured on the lowerside of the window-frame and behind which the sash will drop when thewindow is in closed position.

A pivot-pin 3 is secured to the lower rail of the sash and is adapted tofit within the guideplate t, secured to the window frame, as clearlyshown in Fig. 3. The upper pivotal support for the sash is formed byapin 5,which may be secured to the upper portion of the window-frame, asshown in Fig. 1, and have a bearing in the plate 6, secured to the upperrail of the sash, or the pin may be secured to the upper rail of thesash and have a bearing in the plate 6, secured to the upper portion ofthe window-frame, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6'. In order to raise the sashabove the strip 7 2, so that it may be swung to open position, anysuitable form or construction of mechanism may be employed, preferablyone of those shown and described in Letters Patent No. 488,761, datedMarch 27, 1892, and No. 580,127, dated April 6, 1896. For convenience ofillustration I have shown a cam '7, secured to a pin 8, mounted in asuitable metal plate, which is secured to the lower rail of the sash.The pin is provided with a suitable operating-handle, and the cam isarranged to bear on the plate 4 when shifted to raise the sash.

In order to close the space at the upper edge of the sash when thelatter is in its lowered position, I employ a block or follower 10,arranged to move in a recess 9, formed in the upper portion of thewindow-frame and normally resting upon the top of the upper rail of thesash. As clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, this block 10 is made of athickness or height sufficient to project into the recess in thewindow-casing while resting upon the upper rail of the sash when thelatter is in its lowered position. The block is provided with strips 11,adapted when the sash is lowered and'the block resting thereon, as shownin Figs. 1 and 2, to overlap the top rail of the sash and form a tightjoint therewith. As the block 10 is held from rotation by the recess inthe window-frame, provision must be made to raise the same into saidrecess a height sufficientto permit the upper rail of the sash to clearthe strips 11 when the sash is raised. To effect this upward movement ofthe block or follower, levers 12 are mounted upon a lever-plate 13,fitting loosely around the pivot-pin 5, so as to be capable of movementtherealong when the sash is raised. As shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, thefollower-block 10 is slotted for the reception of the levers 12 andplate 13, and the outer ends of the levers bear against the top wall ofsuch recess. On

the pivot-pin 5 are formed wings 15, which project into the path ofmovement of the inner ends of the levers 12 when the latter are raisedby the lifting of the sash. It will be readily understood that as thelevers are carried up by the sash their innerends will abut against thewings 15, thereby shifting the levers and giving their outer ends anupward movement in addition to that caused by the upward movement of thesash. By reason of this added movement of the outer ends of the leversthe follower-block 10 will move at a greater speed than the sash andwill therefore be lifted away from the top rail of the sash. By properlyproportioning the levers as regards the lengths of the portions onopposite sides of the pivot-pins this additional upward movement of thefollower-block is made sufficient to lift the strips 11 above the planeof the upper edge of the top rail of the sash when the latter has beenraised to a sufficient height to permit its lower rail to clear thestrip 2. hen the several parts have been thus shifted, the sash can beturned on its pins to open position, and while in this position thefollower-block,with its strips 11, will be held within the recess in thewindowframe by the bearing of the inner ends of the levers 12 againstthe wings 15. \Vhen the window is swung to closed position and lowered,as shown in Fig. 3, the sash will drop down, and ordinarily thefollower-block will drop, thus tightly closing the open space betweenthe upper rail of the sash and the window-frame caused by the loweringof the sash.

In order to insure the downward movement of the follower-block, it ispreferred to positively connect the outer ends of the levers 12 to thefollower-block by clips 16 and to construct the inner ends of the leversso as to engage slots in the wings 15, so that when the sash is loweredthe pins 17, connected with the levers 12, will engage the lower wallsof the slots in the wings 15 and thereby lift the inner ends of thelevers and correspondingly depress their outer ends, as shown in Fig. 3.In such a construction it is necessary to cause the plate 13 to movedown with the sash while permitting the latter to rotate under the platewhen raised. This can be effected by forming a collar or sleeve 18 onthe bearing-plate 6 of a length sufiicient to project up through thelever-plate 13 and to secure pins 19 in such projecting portion, so

as to cause the lever-plate to move up and down with the sash whilepermitting the latter to rotate under it.

In many cases it is preferable to secure the pivot-pin 011 the top railof the sash, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6. I11 such case the levers 12will be shifted by means of depending lugs 20, formed on thebearing-plate 6 and slotted for the reception of the pins 18 on thelevers. The lever-plate 13 is in this construction caused to move withthe sash by means of pin 19 passing through the pivotpin 5. Thepivot-pin may be formed with lugs, and in such case the lever-plate isslotted, as at 22, to permit of its being passed to operative positionbelow the lugs on the pivotpin 5.

It is characteristic of my improvement that the follower-block is soconstructed as to form an effectual closure of the space between the toprail of the sash and the window-frame when the sash is in its loweredposition, but is so shifted by the movement of the sash necessary to itsbeing open as to be entirely clear of the sash during such swingingmovement.

I claim herein as my invention 1. The combination of a pivotally-mountedsash, a windox -frame constructed to permit of a vertical movement ofthe sash and of its being swung to open position, means for raising andlowering the sash, a follower, and means for raising the followerindependent of the sash, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a pivotally-mounted sash, a window-frameconstructed to permit of a vertical movement of the sash and of itsbeing swung to open position, means for raising and lowering the sash, afollower, and means operated by the sash for imparting a verticalmovement to the follower independent of the sash, substantially as setforth.

3. The combination of a pivotally-mounted sash, a window-frameconstructed to permit of a vertical movement of the sash and of itsbeing swung to open position, means for shifting the sash vertically, afollower interposed between the top of the sash and the frame, leversarranged between the sash and the follower, and having the outer endsbearing against the follower, a stationary abutment for the inner endsof the levers, the fulcra of the levers being movable by the sash whenraised or lowered, substantially as set forth.

4;. A window fixture or hardware having in combination a pivot-pin, alever-plate movably mounted on the pin, levers pivotally mounted on saidplate and abutments stationary relative to the levers arranged in linewith the inner ends of the levers, substantially as set forth.

5. Awindow fixture or hardware having in combination a pivot-pin, alever-plate movably mounted on the pin, levers pivotally mounted on saidplate, slotted abutments engaging the inner ends of the levers, andstationary relative to the latter, substantially as set forth.

6. A Window fixture or hardware, having in combination a pivot-pinadapted to be secured to a sash, a lever-plate movably mounted on thepin and vertically movable therewith, levers mounted on said plate andslotted abutments adapted to be secured to the 10 Window-frame and toengage the inner ends of the levers, substantially as set forth.

, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JAMES H. GIESEY. \Vitnesses:

DARWIN S. WoLooT'r, Q. I. HOLDSHIP.

